Recent News

New: Card View of Course Library

March 22, 2017New Releases, Tips and Tricks For those of you who offer their users a self-registration option, we recently added a new option for viewing the Firmwater LMS course libra… Read More

New: Group Manager Role

March 10, 2017Firmwater, New Releases In an effort to make managing your online courses easier than ever, we have added a new user role, the Group Manager, tailored for those who… Read More

Firmwater: 13th Most User Friendly LMS

January 23, 2017Firmwater We are thrilled to announce that Capterra has named Firmwater LMS one of the Top 20 Most User-Friendly LMS Software. Firmwater ear… Read More

Firmwater Joins GetApp’s Top 25 LMS List for the Second Time

January 19, 2017Firmwater At Firmwater Inc, our priority is to ensure that our clients’ goals are being met by working hard to improve our product. In October 2… Read More

Built-in Vs. Third Party Course Authoring Tools

June 16, 2016Firmwater, General The average LMS shopper spends approximately 2.5 months searching for the right LMS, with companies spending $1,870 per vendor evaluation. I… Read More

New: Customize Email Templates

June 9, 2016New Releases, Tips and Tricks One of the highlights of using Firmwater LMS is the freedom and flexibility to customize yours and your clients’ sites. Our customizat… Read More

Customer Success Story: Learning Partner

May 12, 2016Firmwater, General, Learning eLearning, Tips and Tricks About Learning Partner Since its inception in 2008, Learning Partner’s goal is to provide on-demand Continuing Education (CE) training… Read More

New: Change a User’s Access to Assigned Content

April 22, 2016New Releases We just added a new feature that allows you to more easily change a participant’s access to a course. Regardless of the way the conten… Read More

Assemble Course Content in Firmwater LMS

March 3, 2016New Releases You can now assemble course content in Firmwater LMS! Load individual modules, quizzes, and PDFs to the system and build them up into larger… Read More

How to Choose the Best Course Authoring Tool

February 2, 2016Firmwater, General, Learning eLearning Course authoring tools are software programs used for developing e-learning content. These tools usually include the capabilities to build,… Read More

Introducing: The New and Improved Content Loader

January 15, 2016New Releases We recently transformed our content loader. The new loader incorporates all the functionality of the previous version, but with added improv… Read More

Archive Content

October 26, 2015New Releases You can now archive learning activities and events in Firmwater LMS. Archived items cannot be edited and no new participants may be added. E… Read More

Accreditation Options for Professional Training Providers

June 2, 2015General Have you considered having your training officially accredited? Training providers have a duty to adhere to industry standards of excellence… Read More

Order Management Enhancements

May 1, 2015New Releases We added some new order management capabilities to Firmwater LMS this week. Firmwater LMS integrates with Shopify to give you a fantastic pl… Read More

Easier navigation between clients

March 30, 2015New Releases Some of our customers have hundreds of clients and create a branded LMS site for each. For those especially, today’s release will be w… Read More

Now optimized for mobile and tablet devices

June 4, 2014New Releases The experience using Firmwater LMS on phones and tablets is now improved. While our LMS always worked on these devices, it used to require a… Read More

Send reminder emails

February 7, 2014New Releases We recently added three new reminder emails to the system: Due Date Reminder Reminds a participant about an upcoming due date for activiti… Read More

New theme available

January 8, 2014New Releases We added a new default theme to our system late last year. The new theme provides a refreshed modern look to the clean and simple interface… Read More

New course assigned email

August 29, 2013New Releases We added a new notification to the system this afternoon: ‘New Course Assigned’. This one has been on our list for a long time.… Read More

Delete a client

July 12, 2013New Releases Another small feature that we added earlier this week is the ability to delete a client. We’ve always allowed you to disable an organi… Read More

Using your default logo

July 8, 2013New Releases We added a little enhancement this afternoon that might make your life a little easier when adding new clients. We added a ‘default… Read More

Richardson partners with Firmwater for online sales training delivery

May 1, 2013Firmwater We’re thrilled to officially announce our partnership with Richardson to deliver their online training. Richardson is one of the leadi… Read More

Launch content in a new window

March 27, 2013New Releases We resisted this one for years but we have finally admitted defeat and given in. You can now configure your content to be launched in a new… Read More

Using email address instead of username

July 26, 2012New Releases We added a new option today to allow your users to use email addresses to log in to the system instead of usernames. With all the Web sites… Read More

New: Edit presentation settings in bulk

April 23, 2012New Releases Hot on the heels of editing attempts and scoring settings in bulk, you can now edit presentation settings in bulk. Presentation settings det… Read More

New: Edit attempts and scoring settings in bulk

April 11, 2012New Releases Some of our clients have large content libraries and customize the course behavior for each of their clients. We’ve now made this much… Read More

Over 7 years of reliable hosting

March 6, 2012General Just over 7 years ago, we made the decision to host the Firmwater LMS solution at [OrcsWeb.com](http://www.orcsweb.com/). It turned out to b… Read More

New: Proctoring capabilities

February 22, 2012New Releases We’ve added proctoring capabilities in our latest release. You can now designate any launchable item as requiring a proctor be present… Read More

Firmwater turns 10!

December 5, 2011General Today, Firmwater celebrates its 10th anniversary! Founded in the tumultuous times, we’ve overcome the hurdles that have stopped many n… Read More

New: Continuing Education credits management

April 29, 2011New Releases We released some enhancements this morning that help you manage the Continuing Education credits earned when your courses are taken. If you… Read More